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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Iran
Syria and Iran Sign Strategic Economic Plan, including Tartus Naval Base

Syria and Iran Sign Strategic Economic Plan, including Tartus Naval Base

There was also rehabilitation of the ports of Tartus and Latakia as well as construction of a 540 megawatt energy plant

AFP

Afghanistan
Trump & Taliban Close to Deal on US Withdrawal, but Risk of Free For All

Trump & Taliban Close to Deal on US Withdrawal, but Risk of Free For All

Trump decided last month to pull half of the 14,000-strong force from Afghanistan

AFP

Bahrain
Defying US, Bahrain Affirms Life Sentence against Shiite Leader “farcically” charged with Spying

Defying US, Bahrain Affirms Life Sentence against Shiite Leader “farcically” charged with Spying

Dubai (AFP) – A Bahraini court on Monday upheld a life sentence for opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman for spying for Gulf rival Qatar, a […]

Natacha Yazbeck

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America's 7 Racist Exclusions:  From Muslim Visa Ban to 1930s Exclusion of Jews

America’s 7 Racist Exclusions: From Muslim Visa Ban to 1930s Exclusion of Jews

Revised.- ed. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The two-year anniversary of Trump’s Muslim visa ban and Holocaust Remembrance Day have arrived more or less together, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
The Main Drag on Saving Planet from Boiling? The Super-Rich

The Main Drag on Saving Planet from Boiling? The Super-Rich

The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait all just happen to rate among the world’s most unequal nations.

Sam Pizzigati

Israel/ Palestine
One Dead as Israeli Squatter Mob Shoots Palestinians in Occupied West Bank

One Dead as Israeli Squatter Mob Shoots Palestinians in Occupied West Bank

Most countries view the settlements Israel has built there as illegal

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
Israel pushes European Union to cease Funding NGOs backing BDS (Boycott)

Israel pushes European Union to cease Funding NGOs backing BDS (Boycott)

The EU responded by saying that it opposes BDS, however, will continue to defend freedom of speech

Maan News Agency

Pentagon
So Much Losing:  America's Small Unending Wars of the 21st Century

So Much Losing: America’s Small Unending Wars of the 21st Century

Endless war for any goal except to preserve the republic isn’t a measure of fortitude but the path to national suicide.

William J. Astore

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How Long til Trump & GOP Radical Islamophobia causes Major Massacre?

How Long til Trump & GOP Radical Islamophobia causes Major Massacre?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Three extremist white nationalists who plotted to blow up a Somali-American apartment complex in Kansas have been sentenced to 25 […]

Juan Cole

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